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Based on recently declassified documents from the US National Archives and the British Public Records Office, this study describes wartime covert radio operations in detail, comparing and contrasting Axis and Allied strategies and analyzing their relative success or failure in achieving the desired goals. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Soley (University of Minnesota) has used his expertise in journalism and mass communication to survey the origins of US radio warfare during WW II. After briefly describing British and German clandestine radio activities, Soley focuses on the decision of the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and its predecessor, the Office of Coordinator of Information, to shift from intelligence gathering to encompass covert operations. This narrow monograph describes US psychological warfare programs involving radio in both Europe and Asia. Soley observes that although relying initially upon the more experienced British for training and advice, US officials' approach was less political and more conservative because of their recruitment of lawyers and advertising personnel. Based on intensive research into relevant primary sources and the secondary literature, Radio Warfare adds to the understanding of US covert activities during WW II, and their legacy following the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1947. Soley evaluates neither the importance of these activities to the war effort, nor why covert operations became of central importance to Cold War national security policy. Upper-division undergraduates and general readers. -A. Theoharis, Marquette University